Improvement in saws for cutting hedge tor flashing



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DAVID GORE, OF CARLINVILLE, ILLINOIS.

Letters Patent No. 92,602, dated July 13, 1869:.

IMPROVEMENT IN 'SAWS FOR CUTTING- HEDGE ROR FLASHING.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making partl of the same To all whom it may concern lBe it known that I, DAVID GORE, of Garlinville,

bending and inter-lacing said stalks and the branches of said plants, as in the operation vknown as plashing, the object ot' said operation being to form a more impenetrable and compact growth of hedge.

To avoid undue exertion and great labor, it is in the nature ot` this invention to form a saw, which may be readily applied to the hedge-plant, and which may' be operated by hand of the workman, without necessitating a position of body, or an exertion, which causes undue fatigue.

To enable those herein skilled to make and' use my said improvement, I will now more fully describe the same, referring to the accompanying Figure l as an elevation Figure Las a plan.

I form thehandle A oi. some" light and strong maf terial, curving the saine in a Aa shaped curve; At the lower end of said handle, I secure the saw-blade B, usually of steel, and having the usual teeth for cutting, as in wood-saws.

saw at any desired locality in the hedge, espec ially to enable the operator to apply the saw-blade to the hedge-plant near the ground, the said saw is made, narrower at' each forward than at its rearend, as shown in fig. 2. v

- The saw in use is applied in about a horizontal position, toont the stalks, the end of the handle resting, if possible, upon the ground, as indicated in iig. 1.

To enablejthe operator to move thesaw-'in cutting, I provide the handle A with a side grip, C, which may be grasped, and by which the handle and saw may be moved as required in cutting.

In the operation of cutting with the saw, thus described, the operator stands erect and in an easy position, and ata safe distance from the briars of the hedge, thus enabling the operator lto readily' make the required incision in the plant preparatory`t'o bending the saine. The incision .thus made will usually extend about half way through the stalk, and will not cause the undue laceration of the bark usually accompany.- ng cuttings by axe or lhatchet.

Having' thus fully described my invention,

The saw B, connected to the handleA, this being curved tol the form indicated in the' drawings, and

having a grip, C, substantially, in the manner set forth.

In witness of said invention, I havehereunto set my hand in the presence of witnesses.

' DAVID GORE.

Witnesses Geo. P. HERTHEL, Jr., WILLIAM W. HERTHEL. 

